The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) has placed pressure on relations between the US military, domestic security, and law enforcement organizations. As a result, the relations are becoming more fluid; this positions the military to increase its advantage in domestic security issues.

Last month, the Department of Defense, (DOD) released its ?Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support,? a report that stated: “Our adversaries consider US territory an integral part of a global theater of combat.” The report further stated: “We must therefore have a strategy that applies to the domestic context the key principles that are driving the transformation of US power projection and joint expeditionary warfare?